Posted by sorryJB on November 11, 2009 at 15:41:48:
All Access has taken a look at last week's PPM numbers for Chicago, San Francisco and Philadelphia. Here is what they had to say about our fair city today:
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Exclusive PPM Analysis: Chicago
November 11, 2009 at 4:06 AM (PT)
Chicago: WOJO, MIX, DRIVE, V103 Share Top Honors
* A quartet of stations claimed demo wins in OCTOBER.
* BONNEVILLE Hot AC WTMX (THE MIX) took the 18-49 crown, while sister Classic Rock WDRV (THE DRIVE) and WTMX tied for the top spot 25-54 with CLEAR CHANNEL Urban AC WVAZ (V103).
* The top of the 25-54 rankers was very compressed with the three aforementioned stations tied for #1. Meanwhile, CBS Country WUSN (US99) slipped to 4th -- but was only two-tenths out of first place.
* UNIVISION Regional Mexican WOJO had a solid book, with a #1 ranking 18-34, a 2nd place showing 18-49 and was 5th 25-54.
* Shares were also compressed 18-49 with CLEAR CHANNEL Top 40 WKSC, US99 and WDRV tied for 3rd.
* CBS had four of the top-10 stations 25-54 in the WINDY CITY in OCTOBER. A strong book for Adult Hits WJMK (JACK-FM), which went from 14th to 8th 18-49 and 15th to 10th 25-54. Triple A WXRT was 6th and News WBBM-A was 7th.
* BONNEVILLE '80s-based AC ranked 9th, putting it slightly ahead of CLEAR CHANNEL AC WLIT (which tied for 11th).
* There was a definitely some movement with the two EMMIS Rock stations. A big month for EMMIS Alternative WKQX (Q101), which vaulted into 5th place 18-34, and jumped from 19th to 12th 18-49. Rock WLUP slid from 8th to 17th 25-54.
* CITADEL Classic Hits WLS-F slid back to 14th place 25-54
* CLEAR CHANNEL Urban WGCI continued its uptick, rising to 5th 18-34 and 6th 18-49.
* CLEAR CHANNEL Top 40 WKSC ranked 2nd 18-34 and tied for 3rd 18-49, placing it ahead of CBS Rhythmic WBBM-F (B96) which still ranked a solid 4th 18-34 and 9th 18-49.